Meet Inspiring Speakers and Experts at our 3000+ Global Conference Series Events with over 1000+ Conferences, 1000+ Symposiums
and 1000+ Workshops on Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology and Business.

Explore and learn more about Conference Series : World's leading Event Organizer

Back

Sukhvinder Kaur

Sukhvinder Kaur

Public Health Foundation of India, India

Title: Does exposure to services have impact on safe sexual behavior? An analysis of baseline survey data among currently married women in two districts of India

Biography

Biography: Sukhvinder Kaur

Abstract

Introduction: Migrants are at risk of HIV-infection and transmission to their spouses. Therefore, migrant interventions should also address spouses of migrants in the place of origin. USAID PHFI-PIPPSE project is supporting National AIDS Control Organization in developing a comprehensive strategy for migrants at source and destination states.

 

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2014 among 880 Currently Married Women (CMW) aged 15-49 years from high out migrant districts, i.e., Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh (State) and Cuttack in Odisha (State). In this paper, bi-variate and multivariate logistic regression methods have been used to investigate the association between exposure to intervention services and the safe sexual behaviour among CMW at source states.

 

Findings: In bivariate analysis, there is statistically significant and positive association between exposure to interventions and safe sex measures-HIV/AIDS testing and condom use. However after controlling the socio-economic and demographic variables, we found that majority of the intervention variables are not significantly associated with condom use and with HIV/AIDS testing. But, “attending the health and nutrition day meeting” [OR=1.036, p<0.05, CI (1.005-1.067)] is positively associated with HIV/AIDS testing among women and there is negative significant association between receiving HIV counselling service [OR=0.969, p<0.05, CI (0.938-1.001) and condom use.

 

Conclusion: The results corroborate that exposure to intervention not always leads to the safe sexual behaviour among CMW. The findings raise question on quality of exposure that women receivedon HIV/AIDS prevention at source states. An urgent intervention with ensured quality services is needed to promote safe sexual behaviour among CMW having migrant or returned migrant husbands at source states.